Five men, all ushers at the Central City Opera House's first opening in 1878, pose in front of the stone opera house in Central City, Colorado. Standing, from left, are Bud Johnson and Morgan Laird, who was a member of the Central City school board...

A woman, possibly H.H. Lake's wife, Theodora, sits on the shore of Lake Dory near Dory Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado, with a young boy, possibly their son, W.R. Lake. The woman wears a large bonnet and a striped blouse. Grass grows through the...

and residence of Harley B. Morse, the Central City Daily Register building, Washington Hall, the residence of William M. Roworth, St. James Methodist Church, residences of Henry M. Teller (one of Colorado's first senators), and Willard Teller....

and the grocery and provision store of Mason M. Seavey. In the right center foreground is the wood-frame building with a false front that housed the Chinese laundry shop where a fire started May 21, 1874 and destroyed most of the business section...

Stereographic view of a young man sitting in a small row boat in the left foreground on Green Lake near Georgetown in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The young man wears a hat and suit. Two large buildings are on the shore in the left background....

View of West Thumb Geyser Basin at West Thumb bay, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows steam from springs in an area partly denuded by heat and minerals. Pine trees stand near the lake.

A man wears a suit and fishes from a raft on Trout Lake in the San Juan Mountains in San Miguel County, Colorado. Trees, a cabin, a Rio Grande Southern Railroad grade, and a water tank are beside the lake.

The Denver Fire Department conducts lifesaving exercises off the south shore of Smith Lake. Three men stand on dock while one man in diving suit jumps in lake. Boxes behind them are labeled No. 1 Denver Fire Dept.

A large rock and tree branches stand in the foreground on the shore of Lake Isabelle in Boulder County, Colorado. Several smaller rocks also lie in the foreground. A ridge of jagged mountains with patches of snow on them is in the distance on the...

Two rows of miners sit on logs, with one man sitting on a stump slightly in front of the posed group, probably near Rollinsville in Gilpin County, Colorado. The group is probably the crew of the Gold Dirt Mine. All of the men wear hats, some with...

A group of men and women sit or stand and pose in a clover field near trees in possibly Wolhurst (Arapahoe County), Colorado beside Wolhurst Lake. A frame building, possibly a boat house, is near the lake. Women wear dresses, puffed sleeves, fitted...

Men stand on rocks in New Fork Lake (Lake D'Amalia or DeMalia, Sublette County, Wyoming, in the Wind River Range. A man holds a fishing pole, another stands near a box camera on a tripod. Wooden crates lean on rocks in the lake. Dead trees are in...

A man holds oars and poses in a canoe on Green Lake on Guanella Pass near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Boulders are near the edge of the lake, and cabins are in the trees across the lake.

Stereographic view of two young men sitting on large rocks on the shore of Lake Moraine near Pike's Peak, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. A flat-roofed, log cabin is in the background on the shore of the lake. A tall tree with bare branches is...

View of rock outcroppings, steep slopes and a high alpine lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Trees and scree are beside the unidentified lake. The view was taken on the annual Roundup Riders of the Rockies trail ride, on the North...

View of two women at a lake identified as Opal Lake near the entrance to Hagerman Tunnel on Hagerman Pass in Lake County, Colorado. Shows the Colorado Midland Railroad track bed, a log cabin and the entrance to tunnel.

A large family group sits under the shelter of a tent awning at Rocky Mountain Lake Park auto camp (motor camp) in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A young girl carries a plate to the table. Men, women and children sit on crates and...

View of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies camp beside Shadow Mountain Lake in Grand County, Colorado. A wastewater treatment plant is near the camp in a clearing beside the lake. Grand Lake is in the valley in the distance. Dense trees cover the...

View of the Grand Lake Yacht Club located at 1128 Lake Avenue, Grand Lake, Colo. The two-and-one-half story simple Victorian Stick Style weathered wooden structure has clapboards on the first story and vertical slab log siding on the second. An...

View of the facade of the Estemere Estate located at 380 Glenway Street, Palmer Lake, Colorado. The three-story clapboard sided mansion has a steep red multi-gabled roof. The central hexagonal tower has elaborate cresting and a variety of gables,...

View of Denver Parks & Recreation interpretive sign for Ferril Lake in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The title of the sign is "Ferril Lake." The lake was named after Thomas Hornsby Ferril (1896-1988), poet laureate of Colorado from 1979 to 1996....

View of the facade of the Town Hall Located at 42 Valley Crescent, Palmer Lake, Colorado. The simple, one-story clapboard sided structure has a covered full length front porch with red shingled roof and dark green trim. Two signs in the front gable...